Editing Anywhere but Here (film) (section)

== Production ==
[[Mona Simpson]]'s novel ''[[Anywhere but Here (novel)|Anywhere but Here]]'' was first optioned by [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] in the late 1980s and envisioned as a star vehicle for [[Meryl Streep]], but Streep chose to do ''[[Postcards from the Edge]]'' instead and the adaptation did not materialize.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Milvy |first=Erika |date=1999-11-12 |title=For All the Gory Details, Better Read the Novel |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-nov-12-ca-32541-story.html |access-date=2022-09-15}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Anywhere But Here (1999) |url=https://bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/1999-2/anywhere-but-here/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Bomb Report |language=en-US}}</ref> The project stalled for nearly a decade until [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] revived it and cast [[Susan Sarandon]] as the lead.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=1999-10-24 |title=Susan Sarandon's Got a Pretty Wonderful Life. |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-24-tm-27693-story.html |access-date=2022-09-15}}</ref> [[Natalie Portman]] became attached to star as the co-lead and left her role on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]'s ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (play)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'' to commit to the film.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |date=1998-05-08 |title=Beyond 'Anne Frank' |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/08/movies/at-the-movies.html |access-date=2022-09-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> However, Portman, who was then 17, said she would not do the film if it required her to do a love scene with nudity. Sarandon, who had co-star approval, made Portman's casting a condition of her own participation.<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |last= |first= |date=1999-11-16 |title=Anywhere but Here |url=https://ew.com/article/1999/11/16/anywhere-here-2/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref> [[Alvin Sargent]] did a rewrite of the scene, enabling Portman’s involvement.<ref name=":2" />

Director [[Wayne Wang]] initially kept some of the book's darker elements in the film, such as a suggestion of [[Domestic violence|domestic abuse]].<ref name=":0" /> Test audiences reacted negatively to this version, so Wang and Sargent went with a version that softened the dynamics of Adele and Ann's relationship.<ref name=":0" />

The film was primarily shot in Los Angeles locations, including [[Beverly Hills High School]], the [[The Beverly Hills Hotel|Beverly Hills Hotel]], [[Los Angeles International Airport|LAX Airport]], and [[Westwood, Los Angeles|Westwood Village]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Anywhere But Here filming locations |url=https://moviemaps.org/movies/2u8 |work=MovieMaps |access-date=2022-09-15}}</ref>